Title/Name/Summary
NICOR Regulator Station 276
History
QUICKFACTS
Project
NICOR Regulator Station 276 - 2015-0120
Petitioner
Mr. Dave Behrens
NICOR Land Management
Purpose
The purpose of this project is to install a SCADA facility for remote monitoring at the regulator station at 13801 82nd Avenue.
Requested Actions: Site Plan, Special Use Permit (with modifications), Landscape Plan
Project Attributes
Address: 13801 82nd Avenue
P.I.N.(s): 27-02-201-019
Size: 9,000 square feet
Comprehensive Plan Planning District: Silver Lake North
Comprehensive Land Designation: Community and Institutional
Existing Zoning: R-3 Residential District
Proposed Zoning: N/A
Existing Land Use: Public Utility Structure/ Substation
Proposed Land Use: N/A
Surrounding Land Use:
North: R-3 Residential District - Single Family Residential
South: OL Open Lands District - ComEd ROW/ Orland Bikeway
East: R-3 Residential District - Single Family Residential
West: R-3 Residential District - (across 82nd Avenue) Single Family Residential
Preliminary Engineering: N/A
OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND
The subject site is a local natural gas utility substation constructed in the 1960s when the area was unincorporated. Today, the site is well within the Village limits and is located in an R-3 Residential District adjacent to single family homes off Elizabeth Avenue. The utility substation is a legal non-conforming site, operating without a special use permit.
The proposal to add a SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) facility is an increase of land use intensity to the subject site, which triggers the requirement for a special use permit under current R-3 Residential District regulations.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION & CONTEXT
The proposal to add a SCADA facility is an increase of land use intensity to the subject site, which triggers the requirement for a special use permit under current R-3 Residential District regulations. The special use permit will bring the site close...
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